Kakutani remembers David Foster Wallace - fondly.

Quoted: David Foster Wallace’s strobe-lit portraits of millennial America were infused with humor and fervor and verve.

Wired put together a Wish List of features for Kindle 2.0. Most aren't surprising but I absolutely love the idea of content subscription for books.

Quoted:The rumblings in the ground are pointing to an imminent Kindle 2.0, a successor to Amazon's loved but flawed e-book reader. The Kindle has effectively dropped

The Orwell diaries will be released online starting August 9th, one entry per day, as a blog at orwelldiaries.wordpress.com. Nice!

Scott Berkun has a new book that looks interesting. This one is on prioritization.

Quoted: Editor Project manager and writer Scott Berkun knows how to get things done when you've got a team of people

Apparently Jeff announced that Amazon will be launching Pay-Per-View streaming service next week. I wonder what that entails and if it will work as well as my Tivo 3/Unbox connection right now? Will I also be able to access music subscriptions?

Ouch. Silicon Alley Insider (via Clusterstock) doesn't seem to believe Borders is better off "going it alone" and running their own website.

Quoted: Borders hopes that taking its site in-house will compensate for its sputtering bricks-and-mortar store business. Unfortunately, it's more likely Borders will now be able to fail at two businesses instead of one.

Quoted: Seth Godin's riffs on marketing, respect, and the ways ideas spread.

A collection of literary tattoo photos. Very nice! Personally, I'm a fan of the text tattoos since they honor the originals.

Quoted: Adventures in middlebrow.